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Jun. 25th, 2005 11:22 pmI'm back in Florida. The boys and I are at my MIL's house; Chris will be arriving here Monday evening. I feel so relieved that I will be seeing him again. Don't misunderstand me, the boys have been so good these past few weeks. They just get so rambunctious at times that it overwhelms me. Those are the times that it is nice to have Chris to get them back in line. Of course, some of the time he joins in the craziness and the next thing I know I have a wriggling, wrestling mess of boys on the floor.
The vacation has had some interesting side effects on the boys. Connor is no longer shy, if you can believe it. Before we left home he had strong separation anxiety. He got upset if I was out of his sight, or if we went to a strangers home he'd sit on my lap the whole time. He's gotten over it. It is as simple as that and I'm so thankful. He goes willingly to pretty much any relative. The most touching moment was this morning. He was a little slow to warm up to my mom. This morning, on our last day there, he climbed out of bed (I was still sleeping) and walked down the hall to my mom's room. He stood outside her door, banged on it and began to yell "Mama?" He wasn't looking for me (he knew right where I was) He wanted his Grandma! We were both happy he finally warmed up to her, even if it was at the last moment.
The second interesting side effect is that Pete seems to have lost any attention span he may have at one time had. In order to get his attention I have to be literally in his face, holding both his arms. There is just too much to do, too much to see for him to pay me any mind. I absolutely cannot get him to notice me if I'm in the other room asking him to do something. He doesn't do it in a rude way. He just is lost in his imagination or whatever he's doing. It is trying on my patience, but like I said Chris will be here in less than 48 hours. Perhaps with two parents trying to get his attention he'll be more likely to listen.
Zack has something interesting going on with his teeth. One of his baby teeth is finally loose. However, when I looked in his mouth earlier today, I noticed that his adult tooth has already pushed through the surface behind the still intact baby tooth. What does this mean? It seems like it is really out of place, too far back to be of much use. Will it move into place on its own, or are we looking at braces? His baby teeth were so perfectly straight, I just assumed his adult teeth would be too. When I first saw it, I'm regret to say that I may have been a little dramatic in my response. Zack said "Mom, your freaking me out." I had to reassure him that it was no big deal and then tell myself to shut up.
Anyway, sorry to babble so aimlessly. I finally have real access to the internet again and I'm happy.
The vacation has had some interesting side effects on the boys. Connor is no longer shy, if you can believe it. Before we left home he had strong separation anxiety. He got upset if I was out of his sight, or if we went to a strangers home he'd sit on my lap the whole time. He's gotten over it. It is as simple as that and I'm so thankful. He goes willingly to pretty much any relative. The most touching moment was this morning. He was a little slow to warm up to my mom. This morning, on our last day there, he climbed out of bed (I was still sleeping) and walked down the hall to my mom's room. He stood outside her door, banged on it and began to yell "Mama?" He wasn't looking for me (he knew right where I was) He wanted his Grandma! We were both happy he finally warmed up to her, even if it was at the last moment.
The second interesting side effect is that Pete seems to have lost any attention span he may have at one time had. In order to get his attention I have to be literally in his face, holding both his arms. There is just too much to do, too much to see for him to pay me any mind. I absolutely cannot get him to notice me if I'm in the other room asking him to do something. He doesn't do it in a rude way. He just is lost in his imagination or whatever he's doing. It is trying on my patience, but like I said Chris will be here in less than 48 hours. Perhaps with two parents trying to get his attention he'll be more likely to listen.
Zack has something interesting going on with his teeth. One of his baby teeth is finally loose. However, when I looked in his mouth earlier today, I noticed that his adult tooth has already pushed through the surface behind the still intact baby tooth. What does this mean? It seems like it is really out of place, too far back to be of much use. Will it move into place on its own, or are we looking at braces? His baby teeth were so perfectly straight, I just assumed his adult teeth would be too. When I first saw it, I'm regret to say that I may have been a little dramatic in my response. Zack said "Mom, your freaking me out." I had to reassure him that it was no big deal and then tell myself to shut up.
Anyway, sorry to babble so aimlessly. I finally have real access to the internet again and I'm happy.